Building with Cob - Update
Cob Roof
We discussed Brian Liloia cob cottage in an earlier post and I wanted to give you an update on his progress. Brian has started the roofing of his cob home as you can see by the picture above.
Brian was recently interviewed about building his cob house at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage. He was interviewed by Tom Tucker of Greenblogosphere.com. He discusses his experience building the house, the benefits and history of cob, and why he chose cob over other materials. They also talk a bit about life at the Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage.
Brian is hoping that this audio interview will help shed more light on what it is like to build with cob and others will be encouraged to give it a try as well.
I have posted the audio below and attached some photos of the process so far. You can visit Brian’s “The Year of Mud: Building a cob house” blog to learn more as well.
Foundation
Partial Walls
Brian and his Window
Completed Walls
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Content in a Cottage on 26 Sep 2008 at 3:44 pm #
I can’t wait to see this when it is finished.
Will it pass The Big Bad Wolf’s huff and puff test?
Hopefully Brian has read The Three Little Pigs.
Maybe he lined it with bricks.
Just kidding…Rosemary
http://contentinacottage.blogspot.com
Daniel on 26 Sep 2008 at 8:01 pm #
This looks pretty much the main style of construction here in Afghanistan. All the villages have these little “Mud-huts”. Only in the larger towns/cities do they have “normal” building practices and materials. Even on very hot days, they stay nice and cool and I’m sure is a great place to relax. Instead of the high pitch roof, they lay the wood flat and somehow mud the roof up too to close it up. Also, once the mud dries, those walls are HARD. it takes a lot to knock them down.
Not only the homes of the villagers but also for fencing off their land, orchards/gardens. It’s interesting how this style of building has survived for 100’s of years.
~Dan
Guy on 30 Sep 2008 at 5:27 pm #
Looking good and can’t wait to see it finished. Good luck. What’s going on the outside? Stucco, cement?
doa on 05 Oct 2008 at 2:37 pm #
Hallo. Can’ i see this tinyhouse are finished
Kent on 05 Oct 2008 at 3:11 pm #
Yes, I will do an update as soon as Brian completes his home.
ziggy on 17 Oct 2008 at 2:14 pm #
Guy: I will be doing an earthen plaster on the exterior.